Diesel TMS vs SmartHop

Diesel TMS brings trucking and freight brokerage operations into one transportation management system for owner-operators, small fleets, and growing brokerages. Its tools cover load management, dispatching, quoting, and rate confirmation creation. The iOS driver app provides load assignment notifications, tracking, status updates, geofenced automatic updates, document access and scanning, and log book entries. Accounting functions include double-entry accounting with a general ledger, invoicing, payment receipt, carrier and vendor payments, and ACH file downloads. Listed connections include two-way QuickBooks Online, 123Loadboard, MyCarrierPortal, email, and factoring integrations. Zapier is available on every plan, including free, and is described as linking to over 6,000 apps. The company says its API provides no-cost create, read, update, and delete access to core data. TMS Unlimited costs nothing and includes unlimited users, loads, customers, carriers, trucks, drivers, and quotes. TMS Flex costs what you agree with the maker, billed per user per hour while logged in; TMS Pro costs $40 a month per user.

SmartHop is a booking and trip management platform for owner operators, trucking fleets and independent dispatchers. It recommends loads based on fleet information and search filters, with options intended to help users choose profitable loads and destination markets. The load board combines DAT listings with direct broker loads and filters for location, destination, equipment, pickup, cost per mile and profit. SmartHop says it integrates DAT and brokers, with its team handling broker integrations. Fleet tools include trip tracking, broker status updates, driver communication, document storage and truck management. Expense tracking and completed-trip scans feed payroll reports with payments and deductions. The self-service platform supports full truckloads, dry vans, reefers, flatbeds and power-only freight, including regional and over-the-road lanes for solo or team drivers. Android, iOS and web are listed platforms; dispatch tools, driver settlements and a driver mobile app are included. Pricing is noted from $50/mo, while listed plan entries show free, billed NOW FREE. Plan limits and feature availability vary by tier.